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'''HMCS ''Fort Erie'' |
'''HMCS ''Fort Erie''''' was a {{sclass2|River|frigate}} that served in the [[Royal Canadian Navy]] during the [[Second World War]] and as a {{sclass|Prestonian|frigate|1}} from 1956-1965. She was named for [[Fort Erie, Ontario]]. |
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''Fort Erie'' was ordered in June 1942 as part of the 1943-1944 building program.<ref name=Macpherson>{{cite book |last=Macpherson |first=Ken |last2=Burgess |first2=John |year=1981 |title=The ships of Canada's naval forces 1910-1981 : a complete pictorial history of Canadian warships |publisher=Collins |location=Toronto|isbn=0-00216-856-1}}</ref><ref name=uboat>{{cite web | url = http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/207.html | work = Uboat.net | title = HMCS ''Fort Erie'' (K 670) |access-date = 22 March 2014}}</ref> She was laid down as ''La Tuque'' on 3 November 1943 by [[G T Davie|G T Davie Shipbuilding Ltd.]] at [[Lauzon, Quebec|Lauzon]] and launched 27 May 1944.<ref name=uboat/><ref name=Lenton>{{cite book|last=Lenton |first=H.T. |last2=Colledge |first2=J.J. |title=British and Dominion Warships of World War II |publisher=Doubleday and Company Inc. |year=1968 |place=New York |page=230}}</ref> Her name was changed and she was commissioned as ''Fort Erie'' at [[Quebec City]] on 27 October 1944 with the pennant K670.<ref name=Macpherson/> |
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Built by [[Davie Shipbuilding|Davie Shipbuilding & Repairing Co. Ltd.]], [[Lauzon, Quebec|Lauzon]], she was commissioned into the RCN on 27 October 1944 with the pennant K670. She was placed in reserve in 1945 and reactivated in 1953. She underwent conversion to a Prestonian class frigate from 1953-1955 and was recommissioned with pennant 312 on 17 April 1956. |
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She was paid off by the RCN on 26 March 1965. |
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The River-class frigate was designed by William Reed of Smith's Dock Company of South Bank-on-Tees. Originally called a "twin-screw corvette", its purpose was to improve on the convoy escort classes in service with the [[Royal Navy]] at the time, including the [[Flower-class corvette]]. The first orders were placed by the Royal Navy in 1940 and the vessels were named for rivers in the [[United Kingdom]], giving name to the class. In Canada they were named after towns and cities though they kept the same designation.<ref name=WarMuseum>{{cite web|url=https://www.friends-amis.org/index.php/en/document-repository/english/fact-sheets/44-canadian-river-class-frigate-1/file |title=Fact Sheet No. 21 - Canadian River Class Frigates |access-date=3 April 2014}}</ref> The name "frigate" was suggested by Vice-Admiral [[Percy Nelles]] of the Royal Canadian Navy and was adopted later that year.<ref name=Macpherson2>{{cite book|title=Frigates of the Royal Canadian Navy 1943-1974 |last=Macpherson |first=Ken |publisher=Vanwell Publishing |year=1989 |place=Lewiston, New York |pages=6–7, 15 |isbn=0920277225}}</ref> |
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Improvements over the corvette design included improved accommodation which was markedly better. The twin engines gave only three more knots of speed but extended the range of the ship to nearly double that of a corvette at {{convert|7200|nmi|km}} at 12 knots.<ref name=Macpherson2/> Among other lessons applied to the design was an armament package better designed to combat [[U-boats]] including a twin 4-inch mount forward and 12-pounder aft.<ref name=WarMuseum/> 15 Canadian frigates were initially fitted with a single 4-inch gun forward but with the exception of {{HMCS|Valleyfield|K329|6}}, they were all eventually upgraded to the double mount.<ref name=Macpherson2/> For underwater targets, the River-class frigate was equipped with a [[Hedgehog (weapon)|Hedgehog]] anti-submarine mortar and depth charge rails aft and four side-mounted throwers.<ref name=WarMuseum/> |
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River-class frigates were the first Royal Canadian Navy warships to carry the 147B Sword horizontal fan echo sonar transmitter in addition to the irregular ASDIC. This allowed the ship to maintain contact with targets even while firing unless a target was struck. Improved radar and direction-finding equipment improved the RCN's ability to find and track enemy submarines over the previous classes.<ref name=WarMuseum/> |
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Canada originally ordered the construction of 33 frigates in October 1941.<ref name=WarMuseum/><ref name=Macpherson2/> The design was too big for the shipyards on the [[Great Lakes]] so all the frigates built in Canada were built in dockyards along the west coast or along the [[St. Lawrence River]].<ref name=Macpherson2/> In all Canada ordered the construction of 60 frigates including ten for the Royal Navy that transferred two to the [[United States Navy]].<ref name=WarMuseum/> |
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After working up in [[Bermuda]], ''Fort Erie'' was assigned to escort group EG 28 which operated out of [[Halifax, Nova Scotia]], a support group that would aid any convoy under attack. She remained with that unit for the entire war. On 2 June 1945, ''Fort Erie'' began a tropicalization refit in preparation for service in the [[Pacific Ocean]]. However, in August 1945, that was cancelled and she was [[Ship commissioning#Ship decommissioning|paid off]] into the reserve 22 November, and laid up at [[Shelburne, Nova Scotia]].<ref name=Macpherson/> |
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In 1946, she was sold to Marine Industries Ltd.<ref name=Macpherson/> ''Fort Erie'' was among the River-class frigates reacquired by the RCN when the need for more anti-submarine forces were required for combating the increased [[Soviet]] submarine threat.<ref name=German>{{cite book |last=German |first=Tony |title=The Sea is at Our Gates: A History of the Canadian Navy |publisher=McClelland & Stewart Limited |year=1990 |place=Toronto |page=[https://archive.org/details/seaisatourgatesh00germ/page/233 233] |isbn=0771032692 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/seaisatourgatesh00germ/page/233 }}</ref> She underwent conversion to a ''Prestonian''-class frigate from 1953-1955 and was recommissioned with pennant 312 on 17 April 1956. As a member of the [[Seventh Canadian Escort Squadron]], she served primarily as a [[training ship]].<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Seventh Escort Squadron |magazine=The Crowsnest |publisher=Queen's Printer |date=November 1960 |volume=13 |number=1 |pages=25}}</ref> In March 1961, ''Fort Erie'' was among the ships that took part in a combined naval exercise with the [[United States Navy]] off [[Nova Scotia]].<ref>{{cite magazine |title=A/S Exercise Off Nova Scotia |magazine=The Crowsnest |publisher=Queen's Printer |date=April 1961 |volume=13 |number=6 |pages=2}}</ref> The ship was [[paid off]] on 26 March 1965 and was sold for scrap and [[Ship breaking|broken up]] at [[La Spezia]], [[Italy]], in 1966.<ref name=Macpherson/><ref name=Lenton/> |
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* {{cite book |last=Arbuckle |first=J. Graeme |date=1987 |title=Badges of the Canadian Navy |publisher=Nimbus Publishing |location=Halifax, Nova Scotia |isbn=0-920852-49-1}} |
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* {{cite book |last=Macpherson |first=Ken |last2=Burgess |first2=John |year=1981 |title=The ships of Canada's naval forces 1910-1981 : a complete pictorial history of Canadian warships |publisher=Collins |location=Toronto|isbn=0-00216-856-1}} |
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Name | Fort Erie |
Namesake | Fort Erie, Ontario |
Ordered | June 1942 |
Builder | Davie Shipbuilding, Lauzon |
Laid down | 3 November 1943 |
Launched | 27 May 1944 |
Commissioned | 27 October 1944 |
Decommissioned | 22 November 1945 |
Identification | Pennant number: K670 |
Recommissioned | 17 April 1956 |
Decommissioned | 26 March 1965 |
Reclassified | Prestonian-class frigate |
Identification | pennant number: FFE 312 |
Fate | Sold for scrap, broken up La Spezia, Italy 1966 |
Notes | Colours:Red and Black[1] |
Badge | Argent, out of a mural crown sable, a demi cat rampant guardant gules armed azure, collared and chained or, holding erect a trident azure, the base end resting on the mural crown.[1] |
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Class and type | River-class frigate |
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Beam | 36.5 ft (11.13 m) |
Draught | 9 ft (2.74 m); 13 ft (3.96 m) (deep load) |
Propulsion | 2 × Admiralty 3-drum boilers, 2 shafts, reciprocating vertical triple expansion, 5,500 ihp (4,100 kW) |
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Complement | 157 |
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HMCS Fort Erie was a River-class frigate that served in the Royal Canadian Navy during the Second World War and as a Prestonian-class frigate from 1956-1965. She was named for Fort Erie, Ontario.
Fort Erie was ordered in June 1942 as part of the 1943-1944 building program.[2][3] She was laid down as La Tuque on 3 November 1943 by G T Davie Shipbuilding Ltd.atLauzon and launched 27 May 1944.[3][4] Her name was changed and she was commissioned as Fort ErieatQuebec City on 27 October 1944 with the pennant K670.[2]
The River-class frigate was designed by William Reed of Smith's Dock Company of South Bank-on-Tees. Originally called a "twin-screw corvette", its purpose was to improve on the convoy escort classes in service with the Royal Navy at the time, including the Flower-class corvette. The first orders were placed by the Royal Navy in 1940 and the vessels were named for rivers in the United Kingdom, giving name to the class. In Canada they were named after towns and cities though they kept the same designation.[5] The name "frigate" was suggested by Vice-Admiral Percy Nelles of the Royal Canadian Navy and was adopted later that year.[6]
Improvements over the corvette design included improved accommodation which was markedly better. The twin engines gave only three more knots of speed but extended the range of the ship to nearly double that of a corvette at 7,200 nautical miles (13,300 km) at 12 knots.[6] Among other lessons applied to the design was an armament package better designed to combat U-boats including a twin 4-inch mount forward and 12-pounder aft.[5] 15 Canadian frigates were initially fitted with a single 4-inch gun forward but with the exception of HMCS Valleyfield, they were all eventually upgraded to the double mount.[6] For underwater targets, the River-class frigate was equipped with a Hedgehog anti-submarine mortar and depth charge rails aft and four side-mounted throwers.[5]
River-class frigates were the first Royal Canadian Navy warships to carry the 147B Sword horizontal fan echo sonar transmitter in addition to the irregular ASDIC. This allowed the ship to maintain contact with targets even while firing unless a target was struck. Improved radar and direction-finding equipment improved the RCN's ability to find and track enemy submarines over the previous classes.[5]
Canada originally ordered the construction of 33 frigates in October 1941.[5][6] The design was too big for the shipyards on the Great Lakes so all the frigates built in Canada were built in dockyards along the west coast or along the St. Lawrence River.[6] In all Canada ordered the construction of 60 frigates including ten for the Royal Navy that transferred two to the United States Navy.[5]
After working up in Bermuda, Fort Erie was assigned to escort group EG 28 which operated out of Halifax, Nova Scotia, a support group that would aid any convoy under attack. She remained with that unit for the entire war. On 2 June 1945, Fort Erie began a tropicalization refit in preparation for service in the Pacific Ocean. However, in August 1945, that was cancelled and she was paid off into the reserve 22 November, and laid up at Shelburne, Nova Scotia.[2]
In 1946, she was sold to Marine Industries Ltd.[2] Fort Erie was among the River-class frigates reacquired by the RCN when the need for more anti-submarine forces were required for combating the increased Soviet submarine threat.[7] She underwent conversion to a Prestonian-class frigate from 1953-1955 and was recommissioned with pennant 312 on 17 April 1956. As a member of the Seventh Canadian Escort Squadron, she served primarily as a training ship.[8] In March 1961, Fort Erie was among the ships that took part in a combined naval exercise with the United States Navy off Nova Scotia.[9] The ship was paid off on 26 March 1965 and was sold for scrap and broken upatLa Spezia, Italy, in 1966.[2][4]